The recently appointed ambassador of Mexico to the U.S. made her first official trip to Arizona Tuesday. Ambassador Martha Bárcena not only has personal ties with the state, but also expects the economic and social bonds with Mexico to grow.

A small fire broke out Tuesday at Tempe Diablo Stadium, the spring training home to the Los Angeles Angels. While the field crew was preparing the grounds, a three-wheeler that shapes the pitcher’s mound caught fire.

“This is an opportunity for agricultural producers, conservation partners and other groups to be able to provide some input on how to basically refine and enhance them, basically improve our practice standards now,” NRCS state public affairs specialist Valentino Reyes said.

Last month, Duke University’s freshman superstar men’s basketball player Zion Williamson did something that most of us had never seen. It wasn’t a 360 dunk or a halfcourt swish. He slipped and twisted his knee because his left shoe quite literally came apart.

In the series, Women of the West, we explore stories of Arizona women who helped shape their communities and our state’s history. One of those women was Sister Kathleen Clark, who established the first child crisis nursery in the country — Casa de los Niños — in Tucson in 1973.

“This is a very pivotal time in Tempe history,” Corey Woods said. “When it comes to economic development and affordable housing and our parks and arts and culture, I felt like this would be a good time for me to come back in.”

“We’re improving new parks, we’re putting in a new 30,000-square-foot care facility for our seniors and for our Care1st Resource Center," Avondale Mayor Kenn Weise said. "Having an attorney in-house who can kind of help our department heads go through some of the funding and some of the legal questions, having him right there is a big deal for us.”

The stars of HGTV’s “Home Town” certainly love the beauty of historic homes in the small town of Laurel, Mississippi, where they do their televised renovations. But for them, it’s more about community than refurbished cabinets.

Typically, food banks rely on winter food surpluses from holiday donations and harvests from southern Arizona farms. But unusually cold temperatures this winter have caused critical shortages at those southern farms that normally supply more than 4 million pounds worth of produce each winter to St. Mary's Food Bank.

Drier winters and limited precipitation have put many areas of the West — including Arizona and California — into serious drought conditions. But the latest numbers show that California is officially drought-free for the first time in a decade.

A record number of ballots were cast in last week’s runoff election for Phoenix mayor. On Wednesday, the City Council will officially declare Kate Gallego the winner over Daniel Valenzuela.→ More Arizona Politics Coverage

The Arizona Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that could have broad implications for the state’s medical marijuana program. Howard Fischer of Capitol Media Services will be in the courtroom, and The Show caught up with him to talk about what's at stake.

The American Public Transportation Association’s legislative conference wraps up today in Washington, D.C. Arizona's Valley Metro CEO Scott Smith attended the conference and joined The Show from D.C. to talk about it.

In the run-up to last year’s midterm elections, there were a number of reports of voter suppression. Native Americans face certain challenges — including making use of non-traditional addresses — when it comes to registering to vote.